Phillips debuts as New Zealand bowl

South African limited-overs squad: AB de Villiers (one-day global captain), Faf du Plessis (T20 worldwide captain), Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock (wkt), JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Dane Paterson, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi. Jean-Paul Duminy who hit a quick-fire 29 provided the much needed thrust at the end of the innings as South Africa piled up 185 for the loss of six wickets. Hashim Amla shone with the bat as he scored 62.

In reply, New Zealand made a mockery of the chase and were bundled out for 107, handing South Africa a 78-run victory.

South Africa’s top order also underlined how risky they would be in the five match one-day series that starts tomorrow at Seddon Park in Hamilton, New Zealand, with almost all of them making telling contributions.

New Zealand named 20-year-old Glenn Phillips to make his worldwide debut as an opening batsman to partner captain Kane Williamson.

“Frustrating from our perspective – we were really all over the shop”, Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson said.

“It’s important we learn from this and move on”.

After shipping 98 runs and picking up just one wicket by the halfway mark, the Kiwis relied on sterling Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme performances to stay in the hunt.

Ryan McLaren became the first South African bowler to take a five-wicket haul during South Africa’s T20I against the West Indies in North Sound, Antigua in 2010.

Ben Wheeler (1-49) then dismissed Amla with a short ball in the 14th over as the South African opener mistimed a pull straight to Tom Bruce at deep square leg.

Luke Ronchi (0) fell to Tahir’s next delivery and the remaining batsmen offered little resistance, Tim Southee briefly delaying the inevitable with 20 from six balls. In the last two years they played two bilateral series which featured two ODI series and one Test series.